Illuminated emergency brake lever



Feb 2, 1932. P. w. LEFFLAND ILLUMINATED EMERGENCY BRAKE LEVER Filed May 24, 1929 RW mi M QI Patented Feb. 2, 1932 .1,

:PAUL w. LEFELANL,

E DALLAS, V'rEXris` ILLUMINATED EMERGENCY EEAKE LEVER" 'y Application led May 24, 192,9. Serial lNo. 365,6735

By way of explanation I assume .the-emergency brake lever of an automobile or the like, to be the most urgent of the controls in case of emergency.

. This present invention relates to improvementsin'emergency brake levers for vehicles, suchas automobiles or the like, by constructing the lever so that the hand grip of same may be illuminated.

In accordance with this present invention I have designed an illuminated emergency brake hand grip which will serve to warn or remind the driver of a vehicle, shouldhe be driving at an excessive speed, by illuminating the very object necessary in case of emergency, namely, the emergency brake lever hand grip.

With this and other objects in view, my in vention consists in the arrangement, combination and construction of the various parts of my improved device, as described in the specifications, claimed in the claims, and illustrated in the appended drawings in which,

Figure 1 is an elevation from the side of a type of my new and improved emergency lever hand grip, showing a hollow lever and electric wiring thru the hollowed lever.

Figure 2 is an elevation from the back of Figure 1. Y

Figure 3 is an elevation from the side of another type of my new and improved emer-` gency lever hand. grip, showing a conduit along the lever and electric wiring thru the conduit.

Figure 4 is an elevation from the back of Figure 3.. Referring to the drawings in detail, and specifically to Figures 1 and 2, 1 is an emerbrake lever well known for the majorr 40 2partyof its construction. I make this lever hollow `as at 11 and make the handgrip of the leverhollow as at 8. At thel lower end of the hollow hand grip I fit a socket 9 -to receive a lamp bulby 1 0.V I connect electric Wires to the socket 9 and run them thru Vthe hollow lever as at 11 to connect with a source of current, of course, to lightthe bulblO at such time that the source oi' current ison. At the top and back side of the hollow hand grip is an opening, as shown in the drawings,

which is vmatch iitted to receive a'glass-cover Y 13,1whichis'so'shaped to form in partrthe hand grip. I have placed aY stay lug 14 in conjunction with a similarv lug on the bottom extremityof the glass cover and further I have'plac'ed a thru screw 15 V at the top,

vwhich I tit into the bottom of the hand grip as shown toward the proximity of asocket 9 which I place vat the bottom of a 'hollow' which I-provide in the hand grip denoted by 8. I connect electric wires to the socket 9 V and run them thru the conduit l2 to connect with a source of current, of course', to'light a bulb 10 which I place in the socket, at. such time that the source of current is on. -At the 1 top and back side of the hollow hand grip YI said I screw being received'by threads in the sideVV mi"i l' provide lan opening, as shown in the draw- I ings, which is match fitted to receive a glasscover 13 ,which is `so shaped to form in part the hand grip. This glass cover I extend, at the back side of the hand grip, the ull height of the hollow inthe grip in order to present to the driver of the vehicle a maximum view o the illumination from the hollow in which the light bulbl is situated. I have placed the stay lug 14 and the thru screw 15 on' this lever hand grip in the same manner and for v the same purpose as speciiied for 'Figures 1 and 2. A. f.

I arrange the glass covers, denoted by 13 and 13', in order to present to the driver the best possible top and back view of the illu. urination, thruy this transparency,-rom the bulb 10. I make these glasscovers thick, as shown in the drawings, in order that they may have sufficient strength to properly serve their purposeand further in order that the driver may be presented with asoft light roc rather than a glaring light. t The glass covers should be red in color, preferably.

Vhile the carts and their arrangement and relation have been described more or less spe 5 cifically it is obvious that various changes and alterations might be made in the general form and arrangement of the parts described Without departing from the invention. Hence I do not limit myself to the details herein set forth, but shall consider myself at liberty to make such changes and alterations as do not depart from the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

I claim: Y i l. As a` new article of manufacture7 a vehicle emergency brake lever having a hollow hand grip at its upper end, a lamp socket supported within the hand grip, a lamp bulb in said socket7 elect-ric wires connecting said socket with a source of current; said hollow hand grip being provided with an opening in the top and side thereof, a glass cover for said opening; said cover being held in place at one extremity by a projection formed on the hand grip engaginga projection formed on the glass cover; the exterior surface of the glass cover forming in part the hand grip.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a vehicle emergency brake lever having a hollow --ha-nd Orip at its upper end, a lamp socket supported within the hand grip, a lamp bulb in said socket, electric wires connecting said socket with a source of current; said hollow hand grip beinfT provided with an opening in the top and side thereof, a glass cover for said opening: said cover being held in place at one extremity by a projection formed on the hand grip engaging a projection formed on the glass cover and held in place at the other extremity by a removable screw passing thru a side of the grip and the glass cover and match threaded to the other side of the grip;l the exterior surface of the glass cover forming in part the hand grip. In testimony whereof I aifix my signature.

PAUL IV. LICFFLAND. 

